State of the Union. Topics: Battle over the budget; conflicts in the Middle East; US education system. Guests: Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming; Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland; Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser; Jane Harman, former US representative from California; Senators Michael Bennet of Colorado and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee; Steve Perry, CNN education contributor; Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers president. 9 a.m. and noon. (CNN)
Fox News Sunday. Topics: The GOP presidential field begins to take shape. The budget debate continues as a rogue group of Democratic senators consider voting against raising the US debt limit. Guests: Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota; Senators Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. 9 a.m. (25)
This Week with Christiane Amanpour. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin discusses his proposed budget cuts, some of which have provoked anger, even among his constituents. 10 a.m. (5)
The Newsmakers. Topic: Republicans gear up for campaign 2012. Guests: Matt Strawn, Iowa GOP chairman; Jack Kimball, New Hampshire GOP chairman; David Catanese, Politico reporter; Jonathan Karl, ABC News senior correspondent. 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (C-SPAN)
Fareed Zakaria GPS. Topics: Syria, Israel, and US-Middle East relations; inequality; tax breaks; college rankings. Guests: Martin Indyk of the Brookings Institution; Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera correspondent; Elliott Abrams, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Fawaz Gerges, London School of Economics professor; Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker writer. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (CNN)
Face the Nation With Bob Schieffer. Topics: The latest from the devastating storms in the South; the US role in Syria; the controversy over the president’s birth certificate. Guests: Senator John McCain of Arizona; Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama; Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University professor; Michael Gerson, Washington Post columnist. 10:30 a.m. (4)
Meet the Press. Topics: Changing 2012 political landscape and the “Trump Effect’’ in the current discourse. Guests: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell; David Axelrod, former White House adviser; Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; Seth Meyers, head writer for “Saturday Night Live.’’ 10:30 a.m. (7)
This Week in Business. Topics: What to make of the first news conference held by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke; development at UMass Medical School and its impact on Central Massachusetts; soaring gas prices; Massachusetts budget, unions, and health care; pharmaceutical company gift ban repealed; Donald Trump campaigns in New England. Guests: Dr. Michael Collins, UMass Medical School chancellor; Peter Cohan, Peter Cohan Associates. 12:30 p.m. (NECN)
The Chris Matthews Show. Topics: Now that the birth certificate has been shown, will President Obama’s legitimacy be recognized by his opponents? And if not, is that due to racism? Has Obama’s frequent availability for interviews changed the job description for future presidents? Guests: Howard Fineman, Huffington Post political editor; Kelly O’Donnell correspondent, NBC News; Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune columnist; Gloria Borger, CNN political analyst. 12:30 p.m. (5)
